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RE: IBM looking to certify Linux

Oh Yes, that's true.
If ibm has kept their m$ft stocks (Not selling as they made),
they made a lot of big money and more than they made with all
their business in pc market.
Just keep stock and not entering in pc market.
An analyst said fews years ago.

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From: DeLong, Eric <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Yeah.... right.... <g> Every time IBM has flirted with the "desktop"
arena,
> they've gotten slapped and put to bed.  The money's in business
applications
> and servers, but if everyone goes to linux on the desktop, I'm sure IBM
will
> be there to cash in....
>

Buell just said the other day that IBM is ceding the desktop to Microsoft.

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